Geeky,long-haired,married Linux Py dev & social group leader. Interests/Hobbies inc. astronomy, bellringing. Own opinions. He/him #CisWithTheT
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Joined March 2007
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John G retweeted
Today I learned blue bees are real. They're called blue carpenter bees
Native to Southeast Asia, the blue carpenter bee is a large, solitary bee covered in brilliant blue, velvety hairs. Despite its impressive size, it's gentle and rarely stings unless threatened
John G retweeted
Four cannibals apply for a job in a big corporation…
'Well, says the boss, 'If I hire you guys, you have to promise not to eat any of our staff.'
The cannibals promise that they will not eat anyone and get hired.
Everything is going well for a while, and one day the boss calls them into his office.
“You’re working well and all, but we’re missing an office cleaner. Do you have something to do with that?”
The cannibals swear that they are innocent.
The boss believes them and leaves the office, and they all turn to their leader.
“You idiots!” he screams. “Who ate the cleaner?”
One of the cannibals sheepishly raises his hand.
“You fool!” shouts the leader.
"For weeks we've been feasting on directors, team leaders, project managers and human resource staff, and then you go and eat someone they'll actually miss!"
John G retweeted
🚨BREAKING: THE US ASKED UKRAINE FOR HELP IN DEFENDING AGAINST IRANIAN SHAHED MISSILES
John G retweeted
BREAKING: “This bluntly is going to be a story that will really scare Labour MPs because what you’re seeing is a massive drop in the Labour vote .. Labour voters have quite clearly gone to the greens in this by-election”
@SamCoatesSky
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FIFA has decided to take no action against Israel.
President says "FIFA cannot resolve geopolitical issues."
FIFA has and still bans Russia.
FIFA is a disgrace, Israel need to be banned.
John G retweeted
The report also concluded that Reform was allowed to 'make many claims without scrutiny'.
Deary me, what a mess...
thelondoneconomic.com/politi…
John G retweeted
Let's be clear. The proposal to deport hundreds of thousands of people born in Britain to parents legally resident in Britain, just because they are black or brown, is not 'right populism'. It's the cornerstone policy of the 1970s National Front.
John G retweeted
UK stargazers, there will be a total lunar eclipse at moonrise this Sunday evening! ☀️ 🌍🌕
The eclipse will begin while the Moon is below the horizon, reaching its maximum about 20 minutes before moonrise, meaning we'll catch totality before the Moon exits Earth's shadow. 🔴
ALT A full lunar eclipse. Credit: NASA
John G retweeted
40% of the men arrested for participating in last year’s racist riots had been previously reported to the police for domestic abuse.
The men women need protecting from are the ones standing outside asylum hotels pointing the finger at asylum seekers.
theguardian.com/society/2025…
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"No matter your age, the Online Safety Act will restrict the content available to you online.”
“Adults are being forced to hand over information to unregulated age verification providers" to get uncensored social media.
🗣️ ORG's @SaraChitseko.
theface.com/society/online-s…
John G retweeted
So @jk_rowling whipped up a hate storm against an innocent shop assistant about something that never happened. I wonder if she will apologise?
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Parts of the Internet are going dark since the Online Safety Act heaped weighty duties on platforms.
Sites are geoblocking the UK, overmoderating content, age-gating access or shutting down completely.
We need your help to track censorship online ➡️ blocked.org.uk/osa-blocks
ALT 'Blocked' in the style of a rubber stamp impression: Report site clocked by the Online Safety Act.
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Private provider of NHS equipment - beds, nebulisers, commodes etc - going under
So hospitals can’t discharge patients safely.
Exactly why it’s disastrous to make NHS rely on private firms that can go bankrupt
Labour wedded to privatisation
NHS needs re-nationalisation
Exclusive: Whitehall officials are drawing up contingency plans for the collapse of NRS Healthcare, which provides care equipment and services to vulnerable patients across the country, and which faces falling into compulsory liquidation within days. news.sky.com/story/official-…
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As a percentage of the average wage the UK has one of the lowest state pensions in the developed world yet ours is the one that's "unaffordable". #PoliticsLive
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There seems to be a lot of scuttlebutt going around lately that the 6-minute-plus total solar eclipse in 2027 won't occur again until 2114. True, there won't be a longer one until 2114, but there will be a couple other 6-minute eclipses before then, including in the U.S. in 2045.
John G retweeted
My favourite thing about this country is that 'you can't take money from millionaires, they might leave' is considered a more valid and compelling argument than 'you can't take money from disabled people, they might die'.
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Why are there more PIP claims?
Because chronic illness has exploded.
Long NHS waits.
No social care.
No early help.
That’s not fraud - that’s government failure.
#TakingThePIP